Armed Forces Pay Review Body

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Ministry of Defence on his decision not to reappoint Professor Alasdair Smith as Chairperson of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.

David Cameron: Sir Alastair Smith was appointed Chairman of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body for a three-year period. That has come to an end. The decision not to reappoint reflects a Government-wide policy of non-automatic reappointment to public bodies.